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Friday, December 31, 2010

I love the board game of Scene It?, it can be played on console system or DVD. It is a trivia game, there are four game pieces, trivia cards, buzz cards (could be bad or good) and the DVD. You roll the two dice, one with numbers and another you get either 'All Play,' 'My Play' or one of three Trivia things that are in the cards. All Play and My Play are on the DVD, you get a different category randomly. There has been Star Wars, Simpsons (which I have), Harry Potter, Star Trek and Disney Scene It? games. I think one that is large and big franchise of diverse information would be Power Rangers. There should be a Power Rangers Scene It? !

I slapped this together. It would cover all 18 seasons or how many there are when made. It would have four pieces: Megazord, Putty, Alpha, and the Lightning Bolt. I thought of what was iconic and not having Rangers since they have to be four pieces, not five and it wouldn't be fair. The Simpsons used a slushie, blinkie, a tv and the nuclear power plant. Anyhoo, I think it would be cool, there is plenty to choose from: MMPR, Zeo, Turbo, In Space, Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed Rescue, Time Force, Wild Force, Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, SPD, Mystic Force, Overdrive, Jungle Fury, RPM, and Samurai.

Just for the heck of it, I made a Kamen Rider one. And if you can't tell, I chose for the four players: Kamen Rider Decade, OOO, the original and Black RX.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Inspired by a post commenter, here are the Power-Up Henshin of Super Sentai and Power Rangers and the Powered Protectors of Super Sentai, apparently there is a difference. I got the name 'Powered Protectors' from 30th anniversary Sentai encyclopedia.

POWER-UP HENSHINBeast Light Mode of Seijuu Sentai GingamanLights of Orion of Power Rangers Lost GalaxyAccording to the 30th Anniversary Encyclopedia, it began with this. In both versions, a powerful ball of light gave the team extra armor. I would consider Fiveman's FiveTector a Power-Up and this one a Powered Protector.

Legend Mode of Mahou Sentai MagirangerLegend Mode of Power Rangers Mystic ForceThe teams got completely different outfits, with armor, their gloves and boots changed and they lost the capes. Their helmets got upgraded as well. In Magiranger, the siblings went to Snowjel for help and gained the power, which increased their chances of becoming god-like and forget each other until Sungel put a limiter on them. In Mystic Force, Genji was stolen, making a dark wish and the team had to go to the Tribunal of Magic.Super Mode of Jyuken Sentai GekirangerMaster Mode of Power Rangers Jungle FuryThe trio got new suits, with white and ranger-color instead of black and ranger-color, including claws and jets on their backs. In Gekiranger, they got the mode after being challenged by 3 Kensei (Masters). In PRJF, they had to go to the Spirit World and be challenged by 3 dead masters. The Spirit Rangers had what looked just like the Master modes but were not referred to as such on the show but didn't seem to have alternative modes.

Super Mode of Samurai Sentai ShinkengerPower Rangers Samurai hasn't started yet. In Shinkenger, they each accessed Super mode one at a time, they couldn't do it all together at once. Gold didn't become Super in the show, but they all become Super in Goseiger vs. Shinkenger. Red, Green and Gold have become Hyper in different occasions, which is the same outfit but in red.

Super Mode of Tensou Sentai GoseigerUnlike the Shinkenger, the Goseiger accessed their super mode all at once. They had armor with their super headers on their chests.

I suppose the Metallic Armor of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers season 3 as a team power-up, even though it had no real armor or protector, just glitter, but it was much in vain of the other power-ups that came later.

POWERED PROTECTORSDynaBlack's Battle Tecor from Kagaku Sentai DynamanDynaBlack was the first one to wear a Powered Protector.

Five Tector armor of Chikyuu Sentai FivemanI would consider this a Power-up Henshin as the whole team does it, but apparently Super Sentai considers it different, in the 30th anniversary encyclopedia. Above picture is a picture I took of a poster I've had for like 10 years, the poster itself is like 20 years old. I didn't want to scan it because it is too big.

Mega Tector armor of Denji Sentai Megaranger VS CarrangerWhich was worn once during the team-up. This I wouldn't consider a team power-up because it only appear in the teamup and not the special.

Accel Tector of Gougou Sentai BoukengerDefender Vest of Operation OverdriveBoth teams shared the vests, only used them individually. In Boukenger, they all have been able to use them. In PROO, only Red, Blue and Black used it. BoukenSilver had Accel Tector in the Encyclopedia and then in Boukenger vs. Super Sentai. I guess the Shinkenger super mode could be considered the same but it wasn't a protector armor.

30 Sentai Encyclopedia in SS WikiI wonder if Go-Kaiger will have a Anniversary Encyclopedia segment after each episode like Boukenger. Boukenger's segment started in Episode 4, had 30 on each past series, and then 15 special segments on different things like the sixth hero, giant robo, second robo, additional mecha, powered protectors, third robo, extra hero, etc. If the Gokaiger do the 35 series in the first 35 episodes, they have at least 14 or 15 episodes to have other segments. But maybe since they already did the encyclopedia, they might not do it again.

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

These former Power Ranger cast members were in non-scripted television programming, meaning reality shows, reality-base contest shows and talk shows.

In 2005, VH1 had a reality contest series called "Kept," in which men vied for the affection of a wealthy woman Jerry hall. Ricardo Medina Jr. (Cole in "Wild Force') was on the show for an episode or two, as you can see on his profile above on the old site (no longer up) that he was a waiter, not an actor. He was doing any roles that year. In the show, I recall his butt got exposed but blurred during a challenge and he was cocky and quickly dismissed. I suppose his behavior on this show cemented some fans to dislike him further.

Blake Foster (Justin in "Power Rangers Turbo") was in MTV's "Is She Really Going Out with him?" in 2008. The show is about 'beautiful' girls breaking up with 'deadbeat guys.' As of 2010, he has been more prominent in fan convention events and active on his Facebook account with fans.

I was reminded that Michael Copon (Lucas in "Time Force") was in "But Can They Sing?" competition in 2005 by VH1. Michael Copon performed This Is How We Do It with the other contestants (except Joe Pantoliano) singing back-up to close out the week 6 show. Copon's charity, Shaken Baby Alliance, received $50,000 from his win.

Bede Skinner (Jarrod in "Jungle Fury") was the presenter of "Top of the Pops" (A rundown of the latest chart hits, featuring in-studio performances from popular music artists in the United Kingdom) in 2005-2006 before he was in PRJF.

As for Goukaiger, four Soft vinyl figures will be re-released of past reds, such as Shinken Red, Deka Red, Magi Red, and Gao Red. They are also from series that there will be Goukai Machines released first (Deka-the PatStriker, Magi-the MagiDragon, Gao- Gao Lion and Shinkenger still to be releaved). It is said that these are the most popular series. I know Shinkenger was popular (evident by the short sequel special), Sentai producer Hideaki Tsukada said if a sequel of any Sentai series would be made it would be Dekaranger, Mystic Force was not popular in America but it was said Magiranger was, and last I heard Gaoranger wasn't that popular--but probably added because it was the 25th anniversary (so then why not Boukenger? Maybe saved for later). Oh and also small simple versions of Engine Oh and Gao King will be released.Legends and Gokai gashapon incoming.

Monday, December 27, 2010

Before posting a comment on what I should make a poll about, please click on 'poll results' and check if I already did oneWhat do you think about that they actually made real suits of the PR Samurai toy upgrades?Like It 84 (40%) Not Sure Yet 58 (28%) It's Okay 40 (19%)Don't Like It 38 (18%) Either Way 30 (14%)

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